A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord's Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it. The path for the foreigner is clear and open: circumcise, join the covenant, eat. The process requires commitment — all males in the household, not just the individual. But the result is full inclusion: like one born in the land. There is no second-class participation; the foreigner who undergoes circumcision is fully enfranchised in the Passover. Acts 15:9 records Peter saying God made no distinction between Gentiles and Jews, purifying their hearts by faith. The old covenant's circumcision as the entry to Passover participation becomes the new covenant's faith as the entry to the Lord's Supper. The welcome is the same; the means of entry has changed.

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